Lesson Plan (grade 11 advanced) Period : 84 Preparation date : 30/01/2008 Unit : 10 I. II. - raw III.

. Structures : Aims : By the end of the lesson, the students know more about different places in the world By the end of the lesson, the students are able to write about a certain place. Lexical items : - thermal. Lesson : writing

- Its main source of electricity comes from traditional thermal power stations , while water power stations generate 6.3 % IVTeaching aids: - handouts - Sheets of paper

- textbook - chalk and board VTechniques : writing-based Procedures :

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State/time 1. warm-up (7)

Teachers and students activities Games: Noughts and Crosses Geography Quiz - Draw a square of 9 numbered boxes on the board. - divide SS into two groups, Noughts

Blackboard These are the questions: 1. which energy source (electricity, wood, or coal) is used by half the worlds population for cooking and

Materials Poster, chalk and board.

and Crosses - Ask the groups to choose a number and answer the question. - with a correct answer, the box is marked with a 0 a X of the group. If the group cannot answer it, the other group has the chance to give answers and owns the box. The first group to have 3 boxes (0s or Xs) in a line ( across, down or diagonal) will win the game - check SS understanding of instructions and let them start the game. - declare the winner. Transition: to introduce a certain place, we need to provide more information. Today we will learn how to write about a certain place. - write down on the board:

heating. 2.

Unit 10: Writing about Places

2. Prewriting (7)

1. Brainstorming: - Ask Ss what kind of information they would like to know about a place in order to elicit essential features for the writing. - note down SS ideas on the board.
Important information about a place

Chalk and board

2. Fill in a table (task a, p. 146) - Ask SS to read the paragraph about The Kingdom of Thailand and complete the table with correct information. - Tell SS to compare answers in pairs and then go over the answers with the class. 3. whilewriting (20) Activity 1: Outline of the paragraph ( task b, p.146) - Ask SS to skim the paragraph again and complete the brief outline of the description. - Tell SS to compare answers in small 1. Geography and general features Small board, Texbook

groups and then check with the whole class. The paragraph includes three main parts: Activity 2: Gap-filling - Put SS into pairs, and give each pair a handout of a gapped description of the information in table 1 - Tell SS to study the table and compete the description with suitable information. - when they have finished, tell SS to compare answers in small groups. - go over the answers with the class. Activity 3: Making sentences - ask SS to practice writing each sentence as guided in the structure models. - call on some students to go to bb to write down their writing - T corrects them 4. Postwriting Writing: Each student writes some sentences

2. exports and imports 3. electricity production

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with a expression in the part 2.

5.Homework - Ask Sts to write about a place as guided at home.

textbook